A/N:

AceSeesYouuu's word will be the theme of this chapter as it was the only entry. The word is: Attachment.

For this chapter I'm placing our lovely ship into a time when they've recently come to terms with their feelings.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything besides the storyline.

A for Attachment:

There weren't many things that Natasha didn't understand but if she were to make a list then feelings and emotions would top it. As she walked down the halls of one of the numerous S.H.I.E.L.D. bases, very purposefully, she tried to label her most recent feelings. They were aimed at Captain and they were felt in his or without his presence. She had been trained well enough to be allow her to compartmentalize any unnecessary feelings but these feelings weren't exactly unwanted. As hard as they were to label, they did soothe her.

"So today looks a great day to kick some ass, no Cap?" she asked Steve once she reached him. He had been staring out the window, back towards her, arms crossed against his chest. He turned to her direction and looked at her. A beautiful pair of sky blue eyes showed a hint of mischief with a whole lot of adoration. One would think that she'd hate that kind of high school crap but she didn't.

"Language Romanoff" he chided. She couldn't help but smile.

"Ah of course. Such filthy language! I guess I'll just make a trip to the church and wash my mouth with some holy water. That would earn your forgiveness, wouldn't it? Because I wouldn't want you to be angry with me" she said as she pouted and put on her best fan voice. A chuckle escaped him and Natasha's ears went on overdrive to hear every note of that awfully pleasing, guttural voice he had just made. It was little things like these and her unlabelled feelings grew more.

"So today we have a lovely set of 3 young men to recruit" he said finally focusing on work.

"Ugh! Newbies? Really? Why?" she whined and he just shrugged. "Today is going to be a long day" she finally concluded.

"Not for me" he said, maybe to himself because it was barely a whisper but she heard it anyway.

"Why not?" she asked and his face took on a glorious shade of red. She loved it when he blushed, he didn't do it with anyone else and it made her feel unbearably special.

"Because it'll be spent with you" he mumbled and smiled shyly and then walked on, not looking in her direction, to avoid anymore embarrassment. But she stopped right where she was. 'Oh God' she thought and her entire body went warm. There they were again, the unlabelled feelings. But at that moment she finally found a term, attachment. She became a little more attached to him every time he did something like this, made her heart skip a beat like this.

With a huge grin, she matched her step with Captain and kissed him on the cheek. Now it was his turn to stop in his tracks. He brought a hand up to the cheek she had kissed him on as if to somehow prolong the sensation, all the while looking a little dazed.

"Come on Steve, lets make it a great day

A/N:

Thank you for reading. I hope you liked it. I don't know if this length, of the story, is good or not. Would you all like to see it longer? Well let me know. Also next up is the letter 'b'. I look forward to a great suggestion.

Love

~TSF